[dayglored]

> The only way to get your data back is to decrypt it,

Not true. Just restore from your recent backup.

You DO make backups, right???

[IronJack]

If your backup device -- external drive or memory stick -- is connected to the machine when it is corrupted, the files on that device will also be encrypted.

However, if you take regular backups then disconnect the backup device and only reconnect it to restore a file or to do the next backup, then yes, you can restore from there.

I back up regularly to a memory stick that I immediately remove once the backup is done. I NEVER leave it in the port.

[gibsosa]

Cannot even remember how many people have come into my shop, “my computer won’t boot!!!!”
The hard drive is toast, and they had pictures and such that can’t be replaced....